The ACCU Conference is one of the longest running developer conferences in the world. Established by the ACCU organisation in 1997 it has always been open to the whole community and at the forefront of what's happening in the world of software development.
Originally focused on C and C++, that community has expanded to include other language ecosystems, and you should expect to be exposed to content on C#, D, F#, Go, Javascript, Haskell, Java, Kotlin, Lisp, Python, Ruby, Rust, Swift and more. There are always sessions on TDD, BDD, and how to do programming right.
The tagline for the ACCU is "Professionalism in Programming", which captures the whole spectrum of programming languages, tools, techniques and processes involved in advancing our craft.
The ACCU Conference is a conference by programmers for programmers about programming.
News: Welcome to our headline sponsor for 2025: Bloomberg Engineering
We're very grateful that Bloomberg have once again take the Headline Sponsorship position for this year's conference.
They'll be back in their prime location in the exhibitor hall showing off their terminals, but also keen to showcase what it's like to work with them. So do drop by and have a chat.
As usual, here's a bit more in their own words:
Bloomberg is building the world's most trusted information network for financial professionals. Our 9,000+ dedicated engineers are advancing and building new systems for the Bloomberg Terminal to solve complex, real-world problems.
C++ is one of our core programming languages. We constantly push the language to its limits because our code must be scalable, reliable, and extremely fast — especially since every microsecond counts in finance. Our C++ experts build everything from low-level libraries and components to some of the world’s most performant financial applications, analytics, and trading systems. They also contribute to the C++ Standards Committee (WG21).
Learn more at TechAtBloomberg.com/cplusplus.
At its core the ACCU Conference is about developers who want to share their experience through presentations and interactive workshops with other developers. To reach as many as possible we plan, again, to run a hybrid conference in 2025. All sessions will be onsite at our venue in Bristol. but most will be live-streamed for remote attendees.
Location
The ACCU Conference is, once again, hosted at the Delta Hotels by Bristol Marriott, City Centre in Bristol, UK. Located in the city centre, close to shopping centres, main attractions and key transportation hubs the Bristol Marriott is renowned as one of the largest conference centres in South-West England.
Accommodation
Accommodation can be reserved at a special rate from the conference block on registration, or can be booked directly with the venue hotel or other hotels in the area.
The ACCU conference is run by Shaved Yaks Events in partnership with the ACCU Conference Committee.